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COMBINED WARDROBE AND BEDSTEAD. No. 322,938. Patented July 28, 1885.

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ROBERT M. HUSTON, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COMBINED WARDROBE AND BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,938, dated July28,1885.

Application filed June 10, 1884. (No model.) Patented in Canada March 3,1884, N 0. 18,765.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT MOORE HUSTON, of the city of Toronto, in thecounty of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented acertain new and useful Combined Wardrobe and Bedstead, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wardrobe-bedsteads; and itconsists in the peculiar combinations and the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective view of my combined wardrobe and bedstead,showing the bedstead extended ready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the wardrobe with the bedstead folded within it. Fig.3 is adetail of the bedstead, showing the head and foot boards folded and theportion of the bottom of the bedstead which forms two of the panels ofthe wardrobe when the bedstead is folded into it. Fig. 4 is aperspective detail of the metal plate in which the groove 6 is formed.Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the pivot-pin on which the groove 6fits. Fig. 6 is a detail showing the manner of hinging the legs of thebedstead. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail plan showing the manner ofconnecting the parts of the wardrobe together. Fig. 8 is a perspectivedetail of the metal bracket employed for binding the wardrobe together.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is the wardrobe, having a side door or doors, B, through which theinterior of the wardrobe can be got at whether the bedstead is foldedwithin it or not. The top panels, 0, of the front of the wardrobe arehinged and form doors. The center panel of the front of the wardrobe isformed by the head-board D when the bedstead is extended, as shown inFig. 1. The bottom panel, E, of the wardrobe is formed solid with thewardrobe.

It will be noticed that when the bedstead is extended, as shown in Fig.1, the wardrobe may be completely closed by the panel-doors (J, thehead-board D, and the bottom panel, E, as indicated in Fig. 1.

When the bedstead is folded into the wardrobe, as shown in Fig. 2, thetop panel is formed by the panel-doors O. The bottom panels, H, areformed by the bottom of the bed.

As exhibited in Figs. 1 and 3, it will be noticed that the side boards,F, of the bedstead are provided with metal pieces F, having formed inthem the slanting grooves 6; These slanting grooves extend from the endof the side boards, F, near their top to a point near their bottom.

Inside the wardrobe, near its outer front edge, I insert a plate, a,which plate is provided with a pin, 1), forming on each side of thebedstead a pivot which fits into the slanting grooves e. v

When the bedstead is extended, as shown in Fig. 1, the pin 1) on theopposite side of the bedstead rests in the curved end f of the groove 6,the head of the bedstead being thus supported at the desired point.

The foot of the bedstead is supported by the legs G, which are hinged tothe side boards, F, as indicated, and are provided with bolts 9, orequivalent locking device, for holding them extended when it is desiredto utilize them for supporting the end of the bedstead.

In order to fold the bedstead into the wardrobe it is merely necessaryto fold up the legs G and fold down the head and foot boards, as

panel, E, is stationary, and the two center shown in Fig. 3. The head ofthe bedstead is then pushed into the wardrobe, the slanting grooves epermitting the head of the bed to go beyond the pivot-point.Consequently it is very easy to lift up the light foot end of thebedstead, which is in a great measure balanced by the head located onthe opposite side of the pivot b. v

I attach importance to the pieces F, having grooves e and open end f,and to their being inclined, for by their use the bed can easily befolded up or drawn out, and when folded up the grooves being inclinedprevent the under side of the bed from rubbing against the inner side ofthe lower panel, E, thus preventing friction, and hence requiring lessexertion to fold the bed within the case. The sides of the grooves forma guide for the pins both in folding up and drawing out the bedstead,which is notthe case with the metallic pieces heretofore used for thispurpose.

The open end allows of the bedstead being readily removedfrom thewardrobe for cleaning or other purposes.

It will be noticed that when the bedstead is folded within the case thepart of the bottom of the bed below the panel H slides behind the,stationary panel E, and the part above the panel H is covered by thepanels (J O. The doors 0 must of course be opened before the bed canthus be folded up; but when the folding is completed these doors can beclosed, and the panels of the front of the wardrobe are formed by theclosed portion of the bedstead, as before explained. As the bedsteadwhen thus folded up takes upbut very little room, the usefulness of thewardrobe as a wardrobe is not in any way destroyed by the bed being thusfolded up. Consequently it can be used not only when the bed is eX-tended but also when the bed is folded out of sight.

An article of furniture of this description will be found useful inhouses where room is an object, and may also be used in an offie'e, asthe wardrobe may be made to look like a closed book-case.

As it is important that so large a piece of furniture as the articleherein described should be constructed so as to be readily moved fromplace to place, I connect it together entirely by metal brackets I,which are screwed in the corners of the wardrobe, as indicated in Fig.

7. By this plan all the sides of the wardrobe may be taken apart bysimply removing the screws which connect the bracket I to the sides ofthe wardrobe.

I do not claim, broadly, the manufacture of a combined wardrobe andbedstead; but

What I do claim as my invention is 1. The combination, with a wardrobehaving stationary bottom panel, E, and the plate a,"provided with pin1), and secured to said wardrobe, of the bed-frame having side boards,F, provided with the inclined metal strips F, having groove 0 and anopen end, f, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with the wardrobe A, having the stationary bottompanel, E, and the top panels, C O, hinged to the front thereof, of thebedstead provided with a hinged head-board, D, of such length as to foldbelow said panels 0 C, whereby said head-board forms the center panel ofthe wardrobe when the bedstead is extended, and with a bottom formingthe center panels, H, when the bedstead is folded, substantially asherein shown and described.

Toronto, June 2d, 1884.

CHAS. O. BALDWIN, F. BARNARD FETHERSTONHAUGH.

